EU's Borrell says Israel financed creation of Gaza rulers Hamas
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday that Israel had financed the creation of Palestinian militant group Hamas.
“Yes, Hamas was financed by the government of Israel in an attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority led by Fatah,” Borrell said in a speech in the University of Valladolid in Spain without elaborating.
Borrell added the only peaceful solution included the creation of a Palestinian state.
“We only believe a two-state solution imposed from the outside would bring peace even though Israel insists on the negative,” he said.
